By now, everyone should be aware of the large set of tariff changes that are being introduced on July the 1st. An immediate effect of the distinction of Access and Service charges is that the basic tariffs in some cases seem to be have gone up considerably.

An example of that would be an 0871 range which was billed in June at 10 pence per minute from a BT landline (G7 tariff) and changed then changed in July to 13 pence per minute (SC0014 tariff).

Clearly there is a visible 3p increase on the tariff change, so there must be an uplift on the interconnect revenue. Really? – Not quite!

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From July 1, charges will become clearer for all consumer calls. Under the new rules customers calling your service numbers will see the cost split out into an ‘access charge’ going to their phone company, plus a ‘service charge’ dependent on the number range you are using.